5. Assessing concepts about print

• Adult learners can be assessed by observing the way they engage with print. Look for ways they demonstrate their understanding of how different kinds of text (including digital text) works, for example when they are looking for information from diagrams or illustrations.

• There is a set of questions in Starting Points:Assessment Guide (appendix A.7) that can be used if you think you need to observe learners’ concepts about print more closely. Click here to download the Concepts about print assessment activity

• Watch Tom Nicholson observe Anton’s understanding about how text works.

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Concepts about print